No Good, Terrible, Very Horrible Day...

This morning as Hy and Lily were starting the truck, like they usually do, a woman came careening down the street in her "beater". In fact she was going soo fast that she didn't see my puppy. Needless to say, I almost hurt her.

We rushed Lily over to our Vets office and had them take a look at her. Fortionately for Lily, us, and the driver (GRRR) there were NO BROKEN BONES. Only some very large cuts and bruises. They stitched her on up and put drainage tubes in her back legs. They drugged her good and let us take her home, where she belongs.

They made us have one of those Elizibethian collars at first, but since she was so out of it....we didnt see the point. So for now, we are just focusing on giving her all the love she could need and letting her heal in her own time.

Lily is having a hard time walking right now so we brought her bed downstairs and Hy will be taking the first shift of sleeping on the couch.

Can I just remind people to be more attentive when they drive and to obey all posted speed limits, even IF they do seem tedious. People and Animals deserve it.

There are some pictures and they are graphic.

Just getting home from the vet hospital:



Poor Baby!!



My poor puppy!!




The puppy drugs began to work!

What you know Eskimo?

Last night as we were watching TV before bed, Hy and I realized that neither of us had a birthday cake this last year. I was too busy with school and he was too busy with work.

Well today was a little slower at work, so I decided I would make us a belated birthday cake!

The cake is poppy seed butter cake(4 layers). The first filling is white chocolate cream. The second is a fresh blueberry sauce(3 layers). The outside is covered with first a layer of the white chocolate to crumb coat, and then vanilla buttercream.

It was super delish and we gave some away to friends and neighbors, and still had a ton. We will be set for a while!

Its decorated really simply because I did it in spare time this afternoon. The flowers are fondant

A few of my favorite things...

I have a million chef aprons, all white waste tied and boring. But my favorite was made by a friend of mine from school who is from Hawaii. She took these rice bags from back home and with help, made them into aprons. Everyone in our class has one and its now hanging in my kitchen.



My favorite chef...






Is when Hy suprises me with flowers, which is slightly more complicated when you arent a "roses girl".

The first picture is when Hy gave them to me,




The second is when the lily finally burst!



Needless to say... the house smells great.

Part 2 of 2

I finished my spring portion of the the 2 cakes today! It was definately fun and I got to practice more of my piping and other skills...soo it was an all around awesome day.

This cake is butter cake with cream cheese filling and a blackberry sauce torted with vanilla buttercream. (YUM)

I used the top decorations to tie the two together. And I love the sparkle... I did make it a little more obvious this time around!

I tried to make the Spring representation by piping branches and blossoms like a cherry tree (hopefully that comes across). Anyway, I took a lot of pictures and I cant wait till next week to find out how they went down at the office "Christmas Party".

part 1 of 2

Melissa gave me the opportunity this week to design and decorate two more cakes. These two are for a VERY belated office Christmas party! One is in the fridge at Sweet Cakes only crumb coated, but I was able to finish one today. It is the Chocolate Dipped Strawberry cake ( yes sliced strawberries on the inside mmmm...)

I am still not the greatest but I can definately tell some improvement from the last time...soo PROGRESS. Maybe tomorrows will be even better... one can hope... but until then.....

I decided to do the darker (chocolate) cake with more of a winter vibe and the butter cake (tomorrows) has more of a spring feel! And if you look closely ( not too closely I hope) you can see that all of the white fondant pieces have been touched with luster dust so that they sparkle!


Top View



Top and side ( all decorations are made of fondant.)



Can you see the sparkle?



Front!

Thats some strong super glue Peter.

Last week, I mentioned a cake that Melissa created by request for a birthday. One involving Peter Griffin and pasties. Sound familiar?! Well I got one of her pictures and thought I would share it with the world.

I hate bragging, but come on........my job? Yeah its the best job I could ever imagine!